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The tomb of Sheikh Farid ad-Din Attar Nishabur, Khorasan 

Attar, one of the greatest Persian mystic poets, was probably killed in A.D. 1221 during the Mongol invasion. His famous work, Manteq at-Tair "the Logic of Birds", is considered one of the greatest poems ever written on the subject of the Sufi mystic for and love of God.



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